The Huntington Gardens - The Huntington Art Gallery

Don't forget, the gardens surround the villa, and oh what a villa.

Henry E. Huntington build what is now called The Huntington Art Gallery in 1911.

Such a wonderful place to go to relax, and so diverse. It you don't want the Beaux-Arts house, you can get a completely different vibe at the new Japanese Pavilion.

 But do stay a while, enjoy this library, the British Art as well as the French, the early miniatures, silver medals, 18th century snuffboxes, the loggia, Renaissance paintings and furniture, Wedgwood vases, Morris & Co. stained glass window, ceramics, paintings, more paintings.

We are so lucky to have The Huntington preserved for us all.

 

 

 

    

My Pasadena - Restored Japanese Gardens at Huntington

OK, I know you have to drive to get there, but it is so worth it. Go on the weekend when there isn't as much traffic and go early before the crowds. You will find yourself walking through the rose gardens, down the steps and drawn up into the meditation garden, past the lovely house with it's shoji screens and tatami mats and tokonomas.

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Here you can sit and observe the trees against the low wall, the carved rocks, the swish and caress of the breeze coming from the ginkgo trees in back of you.
I'm looking forward to watching them turn from green to gold over the next few months.

This garden will take away some daily stress, make you remember a place inside yourself, apart from the screen, apart from the media.

Of course I took the pictures on Instagram, and that is definitely part of the media, but look at them, and try them for yourself, see how easy it is to post to FACEBOOK and TWITTER.

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Walk further into the new bonsai garden, a smashing sensitivity to nature, remarkable and invigorating.

Go.
See.
Experience The Huntington.

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They even tweeted me a thank you for posting on twitter.

The drive back to Los Angeles will simply melt away.